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mrs9HHGH UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH JDarlington jMemonal J_/ibrary »*» .M ** YARIOTJS AUTHORS. k.lnituui <}iu1s m r'ty " • J her th ac €xmJt>OXl; JFOK THE IROFRIET01S.S OF THE EHSXIBH <OLA5 : ?/L ///Al^^Av L OVID'S METAMORPHOSES: TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. PUBLISHED BV SIR SAMUEL GARTH. LONDON PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS OF THE ENGLISH CLASSICS, BY J. F. DOVE, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE. 1826. ; ; ;: ; :;: ; ; OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. BOOK I. TRANSLATED BY MR. DRYDEN. The creation of heaven and earth. The golden age. The silver age. The brazen age. The iron age. The giant's war. The transformation of Daphne into a laurel. The transformation of 16 into a heifer. The eyes of Argus transformed into a peacock's train. The transformation of Syrinx into reeds. Op bodies chang'd to various forms I sing Ye gods, from whom these miracles did spring, Inspire my numbers with celestial heat, Till I my long, laborious work complete: And add perpetual tenor to my rhymes, 5 Deduc'd from Nature's birth to Caesar's times. Before the seas, and this terrestrial ball, And heav'n's high canopy, that covers all, One was the face of nature—if a face Rather a rude and indigested mass 10 A lifeless lump, unfashion'd and unfram'd, Of jarring seeds; and justly Chaos nam'd. No sun was lighted up, the world to view No moon did yet her blunted horns renew Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; 15 Nor pois'd, did on her own foundations lie Nor seas about their shores the arms had thrown But earth, and air, and water were in one. Thus air was void of light, and earth unstable, And water's dark abyss unnavigable. 20 No certain form on any was imprest All were confus'd, and each disturb'd the rest. For hot and cold were in one body fixt; And soft with hard, and light with heavy mixt. But God, or Nature, while they thus contend, 25 To these intestine discords put an end Then earth from air, and seas from earth were driv'n, And grosser air sunk from ethereal heav'n. Thus disembroil'd, they take their proper place The next of kin, contiguously embrace; 30 And foes are sunder'd, by a larger space. : ; ::: : ;; ; ; 4 OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. The force of fire ascended first on high, And took its dwelling in the vaulted sky Then air succeeds, in lightness next to fire ; Whose atoms from unactive earth retire. 35 Earth sinks beneath, and draws a num'rous throng Of pond'rous, thick, unwieldy seeds along* About her coasts unruly waters roar ; And, rising on a ridge, insult the shore. Thus when the God, whatever God was he, 40 Had form'd the whole, and made the parte agree, That no unequal portions might be found, He moulded earth into a spacious round : Then with a breath, he gave the winds to blow And bade the congregated waters flow. 45 He adds the running springs, and standing lakes And bounding banks for winding rivers makes. Some part in earth are swallow'd up; the most In ample oceans disembogu'd, are lost. He shades the woods, the valleys he restrains 50 With rocky mountains, and extends the plains. And as five zones th' ethereal regions bind, Five, correspondent, are to earth assign'd The sun with rays, directly darting down, Fires all beneath, and fries the middle zone : 55 The two beneath the distant poles, complain Of endless winter, and perpetual rain. Betwixt th' extremes, two happier climates hold The temper that partakes of hot and cold. The fields of liquid air, inclosing all, 60 Surround the compass of this earthly ball The lighter parts lie next the fires above The grosser near the wat'ry surface move Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there, And thunder's voice, which wretched mortals fear, 65 And winds that on their wings cold winter bear. Nor were those blust'ring brethren left at large, , On seas and shores their fury to discharge Bound as they are, and circumscrib'd in place, They rend the world, resistless, as they pa*ts 70 And mighty marks of mischief leave behind Such is the rage of their tempestuous kiivd. First, Eurus to the rising morn is sent : ; ; : : ; : ; ; BOOK I. 5 (The regions of the balmy Continent) And eastern realms, where early Persians run, 75 To greet the blest appearance of the sun. Westward, the wanton Zephyr wings his flight, Pleas'd with the remnants of departing light Fierce Boreas, with his offspring, issues forth T' invade the frozen waggon of the North 80 While frowning Auster seeks the southern sphere And rots, with endless rain , th' unwholesome year. High o'er the clouds, and empty realms of wind, The God a clearer spate for heav'n design'd Where fields of light, and liquid ether flow, 85 Purg'd from the pond'rous dregs of earth below. Scarce had the Pow'r distinguish'd these, when The stars, no longer overlaid with weight, [straight Exert their heads from underneath the mass, And upward shoot, and kindle as they pass, 90 And with diffusive light adorn their heavenly place. Then, every void of nature to supply, With forms of gods he fills the vacant sky: New herds of beasts, he sends the plains to share ; New colonies of birds to people air 95 And to their oozy beds the finny fish repair. A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd : Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest 100 Whether with particles of heavenly fire The god of nature did his soul inspire, Or earth, but new-divided from the sky, 1 And, pliant still, retain'd th ethereal energy Which wise Prometheus temper'd into paste, 105 And mixt with living streams the godlike image cast. Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthy mother tend, Man looks aloft ; and with erected eyes, Beholds his own hereditary skies. 110 From such rude principles our form began ; And earth was metamorphos'd into Man. The Golden Age was first; when man, yet new, No rule but uncorrupted reason knew : : : ; ; ; ; 6 OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. And, with a native bent, did good pursue. 115 Unforc'd by punishment, unaw'd by fear, His words were simple, and his soul sincere Needless was written law, when none oppress'd : The law of man was written in his breast No suppliant crowds before the judge appear'd, 120 No court erected yet, nor cause was heard But all was safe, for conscience was their guard. The mountain trees in distant prospect please, Ere yet the pine descended to the seas Ere sails were spread, new oceans to explore ; 125 And happy mortals, unconcern'd for more, Confin'd their wishes to their native shore. No walls were yet ; nor fence, nor mote, nor mound, Nor drum was heard, nor trumpet's angry sound Nor swords were forg'd ; but, void of care and crime, The soft creation slept away their time. 131 The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovok'd, did fruitful stores allow Content with food, which nature freely bred, On wildings, and on strawberries they fed; 135 Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnish'd out a feast. The flowers unsown, in fields and meadows reign'd; And western winds immortal spring maintain'd. In following years the bearded corn ensu'd, 140 From earth unask'd, nor was that earth renew'd. From veins of valleys milk and nectar broke, And honey sweating through the pores of oak. But when good Saturn, banish'd from above, Was driv'n to hell, the world was under Jove. 145 Succeeding times a Silver Age behold, Excelling brass, but more excell'd by gold. Then summer, autumn, winter did appear, And spring was but a season of the year. The sun his annual course obliquely made, 150 Good days contracted, and enlarg'd the bad. to Then air, with sultry heats, began glow ; The wings of winds were clogg'd with ice and snow And shivering mortals, into houses driv'n, Sought shelter from th' inclemency of heav'n. 155 : ; : ; BOOK I. 7 Those houses, then, were caves, or homely sheds ; With twining osiers fenc'd, and moss their beds. Then ploughs, for seed, the fruitful furrows broke, And oxen labour'd first beneath the yoke. To this came next in course, the Brazen Age : 160 A warlike offspring, prompt to bloody rage, Not impious yet : Hard Steel succeeded then And stubborn as the metal were the men. Truth, modesty, and shame the world forsook ; 165 Fraud, avarice, and force, their places took. Then sails were spread to every wind that blew, Raw were the sailors, and the depths were new Trees, rudely hollow'd, did the waves sustain, Ere ships in triumph plough'd the wat'ry plain. 170 Then landmarks limited to each his right For all before was common as the light: Nor was the ground alone requir'd to bear Her annual income to the crooked share, But greedy mortals, rummaging her store, 175 Digg'd from her entrails first the precious ore, Which next to hell the prudent gods had laid, And that alluring ill to sight display'd. Thus cursed steel, and more accursed gold, Gave mischief birth, and made that mischief bold, And double death did wretched man invade, 181 By steel assaulted, and by gold betray'd.
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